Sir Ben Kingsley becomes the first Oscar-winner to appear in a Bollywood film

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Sir Ben Kingsley will complete a unique cinematic round-trip today, becoming the first Oscar-winner to appear in a Bollywood film nearly three decades after playing Gandhi propelled him to global fame.

The British actor, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the father of Indian Independence in 1982, appears as Perci Trachtenberg — “the world’s greatest living mathematician” — in Teen Patti, a keenly awaited Hindi-language thriller.

Set in the upmarket casinos of London, the illegal gambling dens of Mumbai and the University of Cambridge, the film has been garnering headlines in India for months. Despite the inclusion